Security, infrastructure drive C-suite misalignment on GenAI
There is a serious misalignment among C-suite leaders when it comes to business goals and operational readiness for generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) deployment. This is the headline finding from a new NTT Data report, “The AI Security Balancing Act: From...
Hybrid working key to prevent quiet quitting
Employers who micromanage their team's working patterns and locations risk losing top-tier talent to “quiet quitting”, a new study has revealed. International Workplace Group explored the main reasons why workers are most likely to “quiet quit”, a workplace term...
Taxation of Africa’s digital economy is on the rise
The digital economy is more than just technology and the internet. In today's ever-evolving business environment, organisations that are leveraging the tools and benefits of the digital economy are proving to be more adaptable and resilient. Across Africa and...
Disinformation threatens African elections
In an unprecedented year for elections in Africa, the increasing use of digital disinformation poses a rising threat to democracy across the continent, researchers warn today. New evidence shows that politicians have been undertaking increasingly sophisticated digital...
Opportunities for wearables in digital health
With every successive year the lines between medical devices and consumer electronics become increasingly blurred - medtech companies seek to expand their reach beyond patients, and consumer electronics companies have targeted medical applications as a key focus for...
SA faces toxic indoor air quality challenges
A pressing health crisis is looming over South Africa's workforce as many companies neglect the hazardous state of indoor air quality within their premises. Lynne Kuter, director of air quality management company LEEP Solutions, says that numerous companies remain...
GenAI revolution heats up in Asia/Pacific
IDC's latest Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending Guide reveals that the Asia/Pacific region is witnessing an unprecedented surge in generative AI (GenAI) adoption including software, services, and hardware for AI-centric systems and with spending projected to soar...
Dove challenges AI representation of beauty
Dove has launched a report titled The Real State of Beauty, a global study that aims to understand how beauty impacts women and girls today. A staggering 63% of South African women - and 35% of girls aged 10 to 17 - grapple with mid to low levels of "body esteem" and...
The whole truth about whole grains
According to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - The Whole Truth about Whole Grains - there is huge opportunity in food system transformation, but it's critical to change what is grown, processed, and consumed thoughtfully and gradually. Currently, most...
There’s a wealth of opportunities in African banking
While the African banking market has seen a withdrawal of global banks over the last five years, the opportunity for localised banking has seen the opposite, driven by the expansion of African banking groups into the continent and led mostly by South African, West...
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Digital a poor substitute for the human touch
Businesses turning to digital channels to improve customer satisfaction levels are faced with a double-edged sword that could hurt as much as help their efforts, writes Nathalie Schooling, CEO of customer experience specialist nlighten. Brands are mistaken if they...
Commvault named as leader in data resiliency
Commvault has been positioned by Forrester as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Data Resiliency Solutions, Q3 2019. In this Forrester Wave, Commvault was top ranked in the Current Offering category, as well as in the Data Sources and Manageability criteria. In addition,...
Red Bull Basement University comes to SA
The Red Bull Basement University program has been launched in South African campuses, providing university students with the opportunity to co-create innovative projects that improve student life. Following a successful launch last year, Red Bull Basement University...
Helping small businesses on their digital transformation journeys
Small businesses are the backbone of South Africa's economy, fuelling growth, and driving demand for new products and services. However, they need to innovate and digitalise in line with their enterprise counterparts in order to remain competitive. Although small...
Redvine Networks grows with VeloCloud
Managed SD-WAN provider Redvine Networks has reaffirmed its partnership with SD-WAN provider VeloCloud, with continued investment in deploying gateways nationally and internationally and extending its footprint across sub-Saharan Africa. Gareth James, VMware network...
Tips & Tricks: activate emergency features on your child’s Android device
Child security has never been a bigger conversation or requirement. Use these hacks to give your kids an extra security boost when they’re away. Worrying about your kids comes standard with the parenting package, along with school fees, a lack of sleep and unopened...
Empowerment at the heart of productivity management
The first step to improving productivity and efficiency is to monitor it. Companies that effectively monitor their employees’ daily work tasks and responsibilities see marked improvements in productivity and efficiency. But the exercise can prove useful for more than...
Reflex Solutions launches SOC
Reflex Solutions has launched a security operations centre (SOC) with the aim of combatting the growing number of cybersecurity threats in South Africa. Pieter van Zyl, business unit manager of Reflex's SOC, says: "It seems that almost every day we see yet another...
Transforming the global retail coffee experience
In its quest to revolutionise how the world accesses coffee, Costa Coffee, alongside Eseye, has announved a new partnership to enable Costa Express to deploy IoT-enabled vending machines around the world. Eseye's IoT technology will help the company to achieve its...
Tech helps curb epidemics in West Africa
The 15 member states of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Nigeria among them, are leveraging technology that will help them prevent cross-border outbreaks of epidemics including Ebola, cholera, yellow fever, Lassa fever, measles, onchocerciasis and...
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